New & Improved Subscriptions

We heard you! Some people needed a little more food, and some people needed a little less. Now we have something for everyone! We now offer 3 sizes of our Vermont Vegetable Package. (Which also means 3 sizes for Omnivore and Localvore Packages, too)

The "Single/Starter" package has been improved for a lower price, and a better fit for individuals.

Plus, we added a larger "Value" package. We designed this package for families, roommates, and avid cooks who want more food - and a good deal.

Even Better Recipes, Meal Plans & Cooking Tips

We have some exciting plans to expand the Intervale Food Hub team, which means that we'll be able to bring you a whole new perspective on recipes, meal plans, and cooking tips. We're still finalizing the details... So, think of this as the budding before the bloom, and stay tuned for more announcements and details about the program we'll have running this summer.

Celebrate With Us!

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Intervale Center, as well as the 10th Anniversary of the Intervale Food Hub! Learn more about the special activities going on over the next several months, including storytelling events, parties, and more in our dedicated blog post, which will be updated with details as they develop: Celebrating 30 years + 10 years

One happy bird from Besteyfield Farm

Summer Early Bird Special

Every season, we have a special promotion to say Thank You to our members who are ready to dive in to our next season. Here are this year's great perks:

For everyone - receive a complimentary flatbread from American Flatbread Burlington Hearth!

For 5 lucky winners - win $100 credit toward your subscription!

When you sign up early, it helps us get the ball rolling with our farmers, place orders, and make plans for the new season. (It also saves us a lot of worrying around the deadline!)

The details:

American Flatbread Token: All Early Bird members will receive a complimentary flatbread token from American Flatbread Burlington Hearth. This token is good for one free flatbread in their Burlington restaurant, to say THANK YOU for supporting Vermont farmers and food makers. These tokens are delivered in your delivery, in the second or third week of the season.

$100 Credit: We decided to spread the love this year. 5 very lucky Early Bird members will win a credit, $100 for each winner, toward your subscription. This is a special prize from us to say THANK YOU! The winners of this lucky prize will be drawn before the start of Summer Deliveries. This credit will be applied to your account, and so it could come in the form of a credit if you pay by installments, a refund if you paid in full, or you can keep in on file for an upcoming order or upcoming season.

Order your Summer/Fall 2018 Subscription bySunday, April 8to be part of the Early Bird Special!

Policy Update: More Vacation Week Options

Your commitment to the Intervale Food Hub offers a huge benefit to the farmers we work with, so we're here to make it fun and easy for you too.

Summer is busy! We have lots of choices for how to make your delivery schedule work for you, and we're now offering credit for vacation weeks!

Send and email or call us to let us know about your schedule change in advance, and choose one of these options:

You can schedule a time to pick up you food from the Intervale Center earlier/later in the week, or,

You can hold delivery the week you'll be away, and double up your delivery the following week, or,

If you request your change one week or morein advance of your delivery date, you have the option to get a refund or credit for 75% of the week's value.

Our goal is to offer you options that will help make your Intervale Food Hub subscription work with your busy schedule. You are not limited in the number of vacations that you take or in the number of schedule changes that you request, as long as you make a request with enough time for us to make the change before your next delivery. As always, please request ANY schedule changes at least 2 days in advance. We're happy to make schedule changes days or weeks in advance, as soon as you know your schedule! With our new credit policy, we offer 75% for the week's value rather than 100% to help cover the administrative costs of our service.

Free Home Delivery in Burlington

Now the best local food around will be delivered right to your door!

The Intervale Food Hub now offers free home delivery in all of Burlington! It's easier than ever to show your support for Vermont farmers and eat healthy, seasonal food all year round. We'll save you the time of grocery shopping or even making an extra stop on your way home.

We deliver in three zones - the South End on Tuesdays, the Old North End and Center City on Wednesdays, and the New North End on Thursdays.

There is a $25 sign up fee to get started. Not to worry - this is a one-time fee, and we give you a discount code to use when you join for another season! The $25 fee helps us cover the costs of the reusable bins, thermal bags, and ice packs that we use to pack and deliver your food at the best quality and freshness possible.

Each delivery will include one pound of salmon. Cuts include 1/2 pound fillets, 1 pound fillets, or 1/2 pound steaks of wild Alaskan coho salmon, frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold.

About Our Wild Salmon Starbird's coho Salmon is wild caught in one of the world’s most sustainably managed fishing areas, in the cold waters off the coast of Alaska. Their fish is packaged and frozen within 24 hours of catch to maximize freshness and quality, then shipped here to Vermont.

Cooking with Wild Salmon Wild Alaskan coho salmon is great for baking, broiling, or grilling, and pairs well with a wide range of flavors and seasonings. Salmon fillets are simple to prepare- they can be defrosted quickly or even cooked frozen. Each half-pound fillet will serve 1-2 people.

Each delivery will include 1 pound of wild Alaskan coho salmon + 1 pound of white fish, which features cod, halibut, or rockfish. Cuts may include 1/2 pound fillets, 1/2 pound steaks, or 1 pound fillets. They will be frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold.

About our Wild FishThe Starbird Fish crew fishes in one of the world’s most sustainably managed fishing areas, in the cold waters off the coast of Alaska. Their fish is packaged and frozen within 24 hours of catch to maximize freshness and quality, then shipped here to Vermont.

Cooking with Wild Fish and Salmon Mild, tender white fish - cod, halibut, and rockfish - is extremely versatile. It tastes great when grilled, baked, or breaded and fried, and is delicious in tacos, soups, and stews.

Wild Alaskan salmon is great for baking, broiling, or grilling, and pairs well with a wide range of flavors and seasonings. Fillets are simple to prepare- they can be defrosted quickly or even cooked frozen. Each half-pound fillet will serve 1-2 people.

Each monthly delivery will include one dozen 6" tortillas, plus one pint of cooked black beans. Tortillas will include All Soul's most popular yellow heirloom corn version, soft white tortillas, and a special blue corn variety. Beans from Vermont Bean Crafters will include black beans, soldier beans, pinto beans, and possibly other varieties as well!These will be frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold. Tortillas and black beans are naturally vegan and gluten-free.

About Our Tortillas + BeansAll Souls tortillas are made with organic heirloom corn from farms in VT and NY. The tortilleria uses the traditional nixtamal process: whole kernel corn is cooked in water with limestone, then stone-ground to unlock flavor and nutrients, and finally formed into tortillas and baked over flame.

Vermont Bean Crafters works with small-scale, certified organic farms in Vermont, New York, and Maine. They source a variety of heirloom They are pre-cooked, and delivered frozen.

Cooking with Tortillas & Beans These tortillas and beans have quickly become staff favorites, and they're perfect for pairing with a wide range of Vermont Vegetables!

Beans can be served as a side dish, or added to soups, dips, or salads. Serve tacos or quesadillas with root vegetables and cabbage slaw, or fill with grilled or roasted vegetables, beef, pork, chicken, or fish. We also love making a large casserole with layers of tortillas, veggies, and beans! Yum!

Click to learn more about where our Sausage comes from and how to cook with it...

Each delivery will include two 1lb packages of pasture raised sausage, frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold. Flavors include Hot Italian, Sweet Italian, Chorizo, Andouille, Kielbasa, and Maple Breakfast sausage.

About Our Pasture Raised SausageMaple Wind Farm's heritage breed pigs are given space to "root, wallow, and cavort" in their pastures, which provides most of their diet. Pigs moved often to provide fresh pasture as needed. The rest of their diet consists of non-GMO feed, and never antibiotics or hormones.

Cooking with SausageYou'll love the unbeatable flavor and quality of this pasture-raised sausage. Since it's seasoned, sausage will add tons of flavor to any dish. Sausage is great with eggs for breakfast, added to soups or stews, in stuffed squash, or served with braised cabbage and apples for dinner.

Each delivery will include two 1lb packages of grass fed beef, frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold.

About Our Grass Fed Ground BeefMaple Wind Farm and Health Hero Farm raise Angus-Devon cows using management-intensive grazing. This type of grazing means cows are moved to fresh pasture daily to ensure the best quality nutrition, while pastures are improved and grassed are regenerated.

Cooking with Ground Beef Enjoy lean and flavorful ground beef as the beginning for a great burger, meat sauce, or taco night! This is one of our member favorites, because it's so simple to prepare, and always a great crowd-pleaser.

Each delivery will include one whole chicken, approximately 4-4.5lbs. It will be frozen, and packed in a thermal bag with ice packs to keep cold if needed.

About Maple Wind FarmMaple Wind Farm chickens are raised on beautiful lush pastures in Richmond and Huntington, VT. Pasture (grasses and insects) makes up the majority of their diet, which is supplemented by non-GMO grain, trace minerals, and probiotics. Chickens are processed with care on the farm at Maple Wind Farm's state-of-the-art USDA Poultry Processing Facility, and air-chilled for flavor and quality.

Since there is an ideal season (spring and summer) for pasture-raised chicken, it is frozen for us when processed to preserve the best quality and freshness, so that it can be ready for you when you want it over the course of the year.

Preparing a Whole Chicken Roasting or slow-cooking a whole chicken is a simple way to enjoy a flavorful protein source over the course of a week. You can also break down the chicken into parts to use in different recipes, and make homemade chicken stock and more.

Shelburne Farms cheddar is made from the raw milk of their Certified Humane Brown Swiss dairy cows, who happily graze the farm's beautiful pastures. This award-winning cheese has a rich, creamy flavor balanced by the subtle bite of slightly sharp cheddar.

Cooking and Snacking with CheeseCheddar is great for snacking, and is especially delicious paired with Vermont vegetables, eggs, bread, apples, and grass-fed beef burgers!

Brown Swiss cows grazing at Shelburne Farms, with the Shelburne Inn in the background. Photo by Marshall Webb, courtesy of Shelburne Farms. Jealous? It's ok, we are too.

About Our BreadRed Hen bread is baked and delivered fresh daily. Bakers use only organic flour, water, salt, and leavening to make their delicious hand-formed traditional breads. Red Hen Baking Company sources certified organic flour, including wheat and corn, from Vermont and Quebec. They are partnering with producers to help local farms grow and produce as much local flour as possible. Most grain and flour comes from much farther away, so we're excited by the work they're doing to support local and regional grain growers!

Cooking and Snacking with BreadAn essential in every household! Different flavors and textures each week will make for delicious sandwiches, sides to soup and salad, and more. If you don't eat the whole loaf of bread before it goes stale, not to worry! You can make French toast, croutons, bread crumbs, baked egg casseroles for breakfast or baked bread pudding for dessert.

Besteyfield Farm's hens are raised on pasture in warmer months, and in greenhouses during colder months. Their diet includes a healthy mix of grain, pasture, and food scraps from local farms and co-ops. Feeding fresh food scraps gives these hens a boost of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, and it also helps prevent food waste from local farms and businesses!

Fun Fact: Besteyfield Farm started as an "incubator farm" in the Intervale Center's Beginning Farms program. After completing the program, Ben Butterfield and his family moved their "rather contented hens" to a farm in Hinesburg, Vermont, where they can continue to grow their business, raise happy hens, and provide us with very high-quality eggs!

Cooking with EggsEggs provide a versatile and affordable protein source at any meal of the day. Try egg sandwiches for breakfast, slice hard-boiled eggs on salad for lunch, make quick veggie omelettes for dinner, and serve up a scramble for weekend brunch! Eggs are great to have on hand for baking, too.

The Localvore Package includes all the favorites in one easy package: your choice of Vermont Vegetable Package + the meat, dairy, and specialty products from the Omnivore Package + one half-dozen eggs + one loaf of bread each week. We've added some new items to the mix for Summer 2018!

If you would like to have more meat, cheese, eggs, etc. delivered to you, we recommend adding a subscription for local meat, wild fish, cheddar cheese, bean burger, or tortillas + beans to your order!

Growing and Sourcing Practices

All of our Vermont Vegetable Packages include 90% or more certified organic vegetables, certified organic berries, and certified organic herbs.

The remaining 10% is sourced from farmers and food makers who use sustainable and ethical practices that we stand behind. These foods include: mushrooms from AH Mushrooms, which are grown using organic methods, though not certified; Champlain Orchards pears, apples, and plums that are Eco Apple Certified; and vegetables grown using Vermont Ecologically Grown Practices from Lewis Creek Farm.

When sourcing meat and dairy items, we source food that was produced using methods that are healthy for those of us who eat the food, as well as protect Vermont's land, air, and water. We source food that food that was harvested ethically and responsibly, respecting farmers, animals, and Vermont's natural resources.

Butterworks Farm yogurt is 100% grass fed as well as certified organic

Salmon and Cod are wild caught in sustainably-managed fisheries off the coast of Alaska

When it comes to our specialty items, we use the same priorities listed above. We look for value-added products that come from Vermont farms, aim for a certified organic product, and always stand behind the quality, flavor, and value of every product.

Red Hen Baking Company sources certified organic flour, including wheat and corn, from Vermont and Quebec. Most flours come from much farther away, so we're excited by the work they're doing to support local and regional small-scale organic grain growers! This has a positive impact both on our regional natural resources, as well as our local and regional economy.

Eggs are pasture raised and fed a diverse diet of fruit, vegetable, and grain scraps. This improves the nutrition of the eggs, and also helps to reduce food waste from farms and co-ops

Each monthly delivery will include 4 bean burgers: two Black Bean burgers + two Maple Chipotle burgers. They will be delivered frozen, packed in a thermal bag with ice packs if needed to keep cold.

About Our Bean BurgersVermont Bean Crafters bean burgers are crafted with care using the best local ingredients available, including local organic vegetables and grains, as well as organic spice blends. Even their beans come from regional, small-scale organic farms!

Cooking with Bean BurgersWe love eating bean burgers in a variety of ways, whether between a bun, filling a taco or quesadilla, or fried up in a breakfast hash. They're great staples to quickly add protein to any meal.

Treat yourself to a weekly bouquet of summer blooms from StrayCat Flower Farm! Each bouquet will feature 12 stems in a tasteful, thoughtful, and visually interesting arrangement. Each week will showcase a variety of the freshest flowers in season, featuring a balanced combination of focal blooms, filler blossoms, and green foliage.

Focal blooms will include sunflowers, zinnias, phlox, and more. Filler blooms will include cosmos, dianthus, and nigella, and others. Foliage will include mint, rosemary, geranium, and other greens foraged in the Intervale. Your 12-stem bouquet is the perfect size to fill a mason jar, and will be delivered in a plastic sleeve that will hold water to keep your flowers fresh in transit.

This subscription is unique to the Intervale Food Hub, and was specially designed for us by Diana Doll of Stray Cat Flower Farm. These bouquets offer a great value for their size - not to mention the care that's put into each handmade arrangement for you each week!

About StrayCat Flower Farm

StrayCat Flower farm specializes in organically grown flowers on a two acre farm in Burlington's Intervale. Stray Cat Flower Farm has been in production for nearly 30 years! Owner Diana Doll and her crew bring color and joy to the world with their beautiful flower arrangements. You'll be surprised and delighted every week!

The Omnivore Package includes your choice of Vermont Vegetable Package, paired with a wide variety of local meat, dairy, and specialty products, for a well-rounded weekly menu. We've added some new items for Summer 2018!

If you would like to have more meat, cheese, etc. delivered to you, we recommend adding a subscription for local meat, wild fish, cheddar cheese, bean burger, or tortillas + beans to your order!

Growing and Sourcing Practices

All of our Vermont Vegetable Packages include 90% or more certified organic vegetables, certified organic berries, and certified organic herbs.

The remaining 10% is sourced from farmers and food makers who use sustainable and ethical practices that we stand behind. These foods include: mushrooms from AH Mushrooms, which are grown using organic methods, though not certified; Champlain Orchards pears, apples, and plums that are Eco Apple Certified; and vegetables grown using Vermont Ecologically Grown Practices from Lewis Creek Farm.

When sourcing meat and dairy items, we source food that was produced using methods that are healthy for those of us who eat the food, as well as protect Vermont's land, air, and water. We source food that food that was harvested ethically and responsibly, respecting farmers, animals, and Vermont's natural resources.

Butterworks Farm yogurt is 100% grass fed as well as certified organic

Salmon and Cod are wild caught in sustainably-managed fisheries off the coast of Alaska

When it comes to our specialty items, we use the same priorities listed above. We look for value-added products that come from Vermont farms, aim for a certified organic product, and always stand behind the quality, flavor, and value of every product.

You'll receive a selection of the best organic and sustainably grown vegetables, fruit, and herbs in season, sourced from our community of more than 30 Vermont farmers! You'll love creating simple, healthy meals at home that focus on fresh produce. (Note: the weekly prices reflect the average weekly price for each package. Value will vary slightly from week to week, depending on what is in season and what we deliver.)

Starter Package — $23.50 per week

Formerly called our "Single Size" Vermont Vegetable Package, but with a few changes, and a lower price per week

A great fit for an individual, a college student, couples, or anyone who feel overwhelmed by the amount of food in the value or variety packages.

There will typically be 5 fruit & vegetable varieties of in the Starter Package each week.

Variety Package — $30.50 per week

This is the regular/standard size Vermont Vegetable Package that we've been offering for years, and the most popular subscription we offer

A great fit for couples, individuals who cooks often, and small families.

There will typically be 6 or 7 fruit & vegetable varieties in the Family/Value Package each week

This package will offer the widest variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs over the course of the season

Value Package New! — $36.5 per week

A new option, for Summer 2018

This package is designed with families, roommates, and avid cooks in mind!

There will typically be 5 fruit & vegetable varieties in the Family/Value Package each week.

This package has a focus on larger quantities of family-friendly staples that will give you a good value and a larger amount of vegetables for your dollar. The Family/Value package has slightly less variety than our regular Variety Package - meaning that there will typically be one or two items per week in the Variety Package that are not included in the Family/Value Package.

Questions?Not sure about what you've ordered in the past, or what will be the best fit for you? Feel free to contact us! You are also welcome to adjust your subscription during the season if you want more or less food. Call us at 660-0440 x112 or email us at intervalefoodhub@intervale.org

Growing Practices

All of our Vermont Vegetable Packages include 90% or more certified organic vegetables, certified organic berries, and certified organic herbs.

The remaining 10% is sourced from farmers and food makers who use sustainable and ethical practices that we stand behind. These foods include:

Mushrooms from AH Mushrooms, which are grown using organic methods, though not certified;

Omnivore Package

The Omnivore Package includes the Vermont Vegetable Package above, plus...

Stir Fry Beef (Top Round) | Health Hero Farm, South Hero, VT

Chevre* | Does' Leap Farm, Brookfield, VT

Frozen Raspberries* | Adam's Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Localvore Package

The Localvore Package includes the Vermont Vegetable Package above, plus...

Stir Fry Beef (Top Round) | Health Hero Farm, South Hero, VT

Chevre* | Does' Leap Farm, Brookfield, VT

Frozen Raspberries* | Adam's Berry Farm, Charlotte, VT

Bread: Cyrus Pringle* | Red Hen Baking Company, Middlesex, VT

Pasture Raised Eggs | Besteyfield Farm, Hinesburg, VT

Bread: Cyrus Pringle*

Red Hen Baking Co., Middlesex, VT

Cheddar Cheese

Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT

Pasture Raised Eggs

Besteyfield Farm, Hinesburg, VT

Cooking & Storage Tips

(Drink) This First: Apple Cider! This cider will start to naturally ferment if it's left in the fridge for too long, so open it up and try it - hot or cold.

Eat This First: Bok Choi! These cute little baby bok choi are tender and tasty. Add them to our stir fry recipe, or check out our recipes for other tasty ideas, like ginger bok choi soup and rice noodles.

All other ingredients listed will store best in your refrigerator. You don't have to use them all up right away, as they were chosen and grown for quality storage. For longer-term storage, it's helpful to vent the plastic bags or include a piece of paper towel in the bag to help with moisture.

Recipes

The recipes below were planned and prepared by Kendall and our amazing team of student interns. We welcome your feedback and suggestions for recipes and cooking tips!

We featured roasted sweet potatoes in both this recipe and our fried rice recipe. The best strategy is to make a big batch of roasted vegetables, then store them for meals throughout the week! You can also add bok choi and pea shoots to this dish if they're left over in your fridge!

Ingredients

Sweet potatoes

1/2 green cabbage, thinly sliced

1 onion, thinly sliced

1 lb stir-fry beef, defrosted and dried off

salt and pepper

oil for cooking

optional: soy sauce or chili sauce for serving, maple-miso sauce

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350F.

Toss sweet potato wedges in oil until they are lightly coated. Spread evenly on a roasting pan and roast for about 30-40 minutes, or until they have caramelized brown edges.

In one pan, heat oil over medium heat (it's hot when it's slightly shimmering). Add onions, cook for 1-2 minutes, then add cabbage. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is done to the tenderness that you prefer.

In a separate pan, heat oil over medium heat. Season beef with salt and pepper, then add to the pan to cook. Brown on one side (2-3 minutes), and then turn, and brown the other sides.

Add beef and roasted sweet potato to cabbage and onion (also add pea shoots and bok choi if you would like)

To get started with this dish, we roasted a large batch of sweet potatoes. Those take longer to cook that tender bok choi, which were added to the oven later. Bok choi can also be sauteed, steamed, or stir fried. The sauce is a simple addition, featuring miso, a fermented bean paste, which adds a delicious sweet/salty/savory flavor to sauces and dressings. Feel free to stick with regular soy sauce, Sriracha, or your seasoning of choice when you make this dish at home.

Ingredients

1 cup rice

1 large sweet potato, cut into wedges

1 lb bok choi

1 egg

2 tbsp maple syrup

2 tbsp miso

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

oil for cooking

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350F.

Toss sweet potato wedges in oil until they are lightly coated. Spread evenly on a roasting pan and roast for about 30-40 minutes, or until they have caramelized brown edges.

Meanwhile, following the instructions on the packaging, steam rice (20-45 minutes, depending on the type you're using)

For the last 10-15 minutes of roasting sweet potatoes, drizzle some oil on your bok choi and add them to the roasting pan

When veggies and rice are cooked: heat a tablespoon of cooking oil in a pan. Add rice and cook for a few minutes, stirring often, then add vegetables and stir.

Crack an egg into the pan and scramble-as you are scrambling bring in the rice and veggies until the egg is cooked an everything is combined well

To make your sauce, mix water, miso, soy sauce, and maple syrup together, then drizzle over your rice and enjoy

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Spring 2018

Delivery weeks: March 5 - May 2813 weekly deliveries3 monthly deliveriesDeliveries for our Spring Season are underway! There is still space available if you'd like to join us. Your account will be automatcially prorated.